Logic's Take Folder System - Your Deep Dive Into Logic's Amazing Comping and Quick Swipe Features

[@jefftravilla]

I love using takes for recording doubled vocals. Put the section on loop, record it twice in a row, unpack the takes, and you have doubled vocals so easily. I also use it for recording harmonies and makeshift solo gang vocals. It makes doing this kind of stuff so quick and painless.

[@wildbird78]

Great idea!

[@jpventuro]

Super idea. Even harmonies right?

[@joeramos6033]

is there a way to sing while listening to a previous take? I want to record harmonies while listening to the orginal take

[@jpventuro]

Uber helpful. I just recorded my daughter singing a cover last night and we recorded line by line using the take folders. In many cases 10-20 takes per line. So now I’ve gotta go through it all and your video explained that extremely well. I love the options for saving multiple comps.

[@eddieyoung108]

Great tutorial! I’ve used to take folders for years… But I am learning a lot from you about how far they go. Thanks so much!

[@quetzalmarchiori]

Best video ever!!!! Editing Mode!!!! Different takes!! Flextime!! Unpack!!! *** Amazing TIME SAVER TOOL !

[@ryangregson3256]

wow, learned a some super useful stuff with this one! as much as I've used take folders, it's about time I learned how they really work, thanks!

[@CharlieandTheRegrets]

Thank you. This is very helpful.

[@mrtravalor]

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!

[@baovomusic]

Very well-organized and well-delivered presentation, thanks.

[@motomuso]

Thanks man! I used this feature today in a vocal session and for the first time didn't feel like a doof running the session and the edits.

[@shelterarea4]

Thank you Chris , for taking the time , you have great tutorials .

[@TheBadFlowers]

This is such a great video. Something that came up for me was, how do you get a take folder from one project into another? Exporting, packing, blah, blah, blah, all seem to destroy the integrity of the take folder. In this remote-work age, this is pretty important. All the work I do in a take folder I want to be able to preserve as I pass it around to another engineer.

[@johnego669]

This was a great video. I’ve been using Logic since version 5 so I had my own work around to take folders before it was an option. Also when they first introduced them they were kind of buggy so I never really explored them. Thanks for this video the editing section IN the take folder just blew my mind!!!

[@creatingspacesproducer]

Hey friend, awesome content as always, question, for some reason when recording in cycle it only records once and then plays back. Any idea on how to solve it? Create takefolder is on for cycle and merge in settings...

[@CPurner]

This is such a helpful video. Thank you for all the great information!

[@louistotalcontrol]

Game changing information - I love using a combination of take folders and track alternatives for comping, editing and consolidating audio! It's a non-destructive process, just incase you mess something up.

[@grrrrrgh]

Great video, answered all my questions, thanks!

[@tepetti]

I’ve had some frustrations with the take folder before. Now I learned that I can switch to scissor mode and do excatly what I wanted. Thanks! Wasn’t aware of that before

[@efxtwins3]

hi, I don't know why I don't have that scissor mode. so how can I activate it?please help me out.thx so much

[@tepetti]

@@efxtwins3 Turn off flex mode from the track.

[@countbasil]

Really fantastic framework, explanation, and tips! Thank you!

[@normjones6916]

I use it also as an arrangement tool recording variations then choosing a specific part to compliment where I am in the arrangement.

[@brandonpaulofficial]

My crossfades are not showing up for me when I piece up takes together. Anyone have any help with this?

[@roxammon5858]

Well useful. Thanks. I had wondered what the scissors icon was for

[@halperez2643]

OK, I need help. I must have some setting in preferences wrong. I subscribe and I've watched your video a dozen times. At 2:03 when you simply use your cursor to select a region? When I go to do that my cursor is an Arrow does not let me select a region at all. Please help.

[@jonasfonn1638]

Awesome vid, thank you for covering this

[@JMPWILLIAMS]

I‘am and older Cat, with the 2 inch days! I remember when logic was owned by Imagic!! Thanks Chris, you’ve helped an old dude get hip to some shit!! Keep doing what you doing brother!! JMP

[@BerndKlanke]

JPM Williams companies name was emagic not imagic ... one could ring up the developers in hamburg for advice ...

[@alejandromoro]

great vid! many thanks! quick question, how do you activate the crossfades in take folders? it seems not activated by default

[@darkarps]

thanks for this, great stuff

[@cleverdood]

great video! I ididn't realize you could simply drag over sections to make comps. I've been cutting the main clip into regions and then selecting takes. I usually 'flatten and merge' when I have the performance I want, and then do any flex mods if necessary.

[@TheFrankiejay]

Jason Little Yes I’ve been doing cutting myself 🥱 I think that will be a thing of the past now....

[@danielfromyesterday]

Bro thank you for this. so much to learn

[@MartinBellamy.MBDrums]

This was so GOOD! thank you thank you!

[@ajadrew]

You're great at this stuff, again I've learnt things I'd wondered about so a huge thanks to you..;-))

[@bradyboy99]

I have some vocal tracks that I have already comped in GarageBand and I'm going to transfer them over to Logic pretty soon here. Will all of my takes automatically reformat into a take folder with crossfades and everything?

[@ReyMaccOfficial]

My automatic cross-fade disappeared from my folder/ compilation. How do I bring it back?

[@DavidMBeckingham]

Thanks for this - some super helpful tips. I'm wondering about changing the fade type that logic creates automatically when I comp using the take folders. Any Idea if I can change that and apply it to all fades in a take folder?

[@robindgordon]

Dude, you're my logic guru

[@brandonlopez714]

Thank you!

[@tg4878]

I so love using take folders and swipe comping to construct a finished vocal! I've received 3 (mono) bass track performances, each with different interpretations, recently done in another DAW. I want to create a take folder to put the bass tracks in. I know I can cut, paste, and add fades, but in the a-take folder, it is so much easier! Any suggestions? Thanks!

[@tibbyk5888]

Hi, good video, thanks. How can I do the same thing if my takes weren't recorded in LPX? Thanks

[@christophersuggs]

Great video, thanks! Do you have info regarding Grouped Take Folders? Looking to troubleshoot an issue I'm having where 5 of the 7 grouped tracks do not have the comp A option any more so they don't react to quick swipe comping of the first two tracks. Thanks!

[@dlopez61]

Hello Thank you for the Template pack. Tried downloading it but never got the download/link. Would love to have it.👍🙏🙏. BTW.. Great channel!

[@Sefeichik]

Thank you

[@MaximumLevelAudio-BrianKnop]

I've been a Logic Pro user for FOREVER, but recently, I opened up a session, and it couldn't find a bunch of takes. I had named certain takes inside the folders via text tool, like I'd done for years. But this time I discovered that the text tool had renamed the AUDIO FILES in the Audio file folder on the HD, and that is why it could not find them. So I've been searching for some sort of answer as to what happened! I found one session where I was auditioning guitar amps, and it was 1 minute between the text tool renaming files, and not renaming. The function switched probably 8x within an hour that day! It seems like some sort of bug to me. After failing to find answers, I reformatted my internal HD, and reinstalled a clean OS and clean Logic. Also not the same versions! (was on Monterey and 10.7.4, then did a fresh install with all new installers of Ventura, and 10.8.1!). Seems insane to me. Any ideas? Been on LPX over a decade, and it's never renamed a file on me from using the text tool inside a take folder. Thanks!!!

[@digital360]

I don't appear to be getting the auto crossfades when I quick swipe on my multiple takes. Is there a setting to engage this feature?

[@kidkidrox]

Hello. I am producing an audiobook with 4 different mics which generates 2 separate stereo tracks. I created summing stacks as you showed us in your useful videos. My question is: Can I operate track alternatives in summing stacks? I mean, I want to edit all 4 mics at once and want to gather the best performance parts of the single VoiceOver artist with 4 mics, in the easiest way possible.

[@powellrandolph]

Great video! All of your videos are top notch! So I’m want yo edit the timing of a snare hit in a multitrack drum take folder of 1 take. All of my drum tracks are in a drum group for editing. If I use flextime to edit 2 measures of a take, will it mess with the timing of the other takes or just the one selected along with the other multi tracks of that take?

[@anthonystahl]

Great video! Would be nice if the tracks were automatically named when "unpack to tracks" is selected

[@ericglauser4475]

What if you recorded in another DAW and want to import audio using take folders? 10 takes/10 drum tracks in my case. Thanks!

[@stefani5999]

How do you create a take folder with individual audio lanes???

[@efxtwins3]

hi, I don't know why I don't have that scissor mode.how can I activate it?please help me out.thx so much

[@scottrap]

Hi Chris, how do I utilize the gain function in the inspector without flattening the take folder? I’ve yet to figure it out

[@assbach]

thanks alot !

[@synthesaurus]

Can you stop and record again adding to the folder?

[@BerndKlanke]

thx, man! my main problem with this: is there a keyboard short cut for switching from swiping to siccors mode and back??

[@sondresolstrand]

Yes! Option + Q (You must click on/select the main comp folder first)

[@BerndKlanke]

@@sondresolstrand thanx a lot, but errr if i am in deep zoom somewhere and have to click on the main folder first, i can just as well click on the scissors icon, nothing won ... any other idea? :-))

[@sondresolstrand]

@@BerndKlanke Yes! Even when in deep zoom, just simply click on any part of the audio. The audio you click on will get a white tint (which indicates that it's selected). Now you can press Cmd+Q. This means that it doesn't matter how deep you have zoomed. Just simply click a part of the audio and then do Cmd+Q :) Happy Logic!

[@BerndKlanke]

@@sondresolstrand got it! saved my life:_ thanks a lot!!!

[@TheMixClub]

I have a strange thing going with comping. I set up a loop section press record. So when i hit stop the timeline is blank. but I can see the takes if i click on A. B. C and so on. But I cant edit the track with comp editing. I have opened a new session and i works fine. Any idea what i have checked to make this happen.

[@fueyou]

What I can't figure out is how to cut a single take. Every method I use to trim at take at a given point trims all takes at the same point, and if I delete a selection in one take it deletes the same region in all takes.

[@leonb456]

Thanks for this video, it is extremely helpful. Also, I’m doing your Finish the Mix course right now and my mixes are sounding better already. I do have a question about Midi take folders. Sometimes it seems like the take folders act differently for Midi instruments than they do for audio tracks. I am willing to admit there may be some “user error” going on but, when I try to use the quick swipe features for Midi instruments, sometimes I get wacky results. Is there something different in the way this works for Midi?

[@JoeMicroscope]

Hi. I cut the take folder and deleted the end. Now I can't get back the rest of the region that I deleted. How do I get it back. I can pack the folder and then I can get the rest of the region back but they are now not in a folder. Please help?

[@spoombung]

Great vid, but you missed out one important thing: how do you add a track to an EXISTING take folder?

[@analogkid1261]

Great video, but I have a question about the editing mode of take folders, if anyone can illuminate for me. In my specific case I'm playing guitar over basically a "loop" of backing tracks, and I want to pull phrases from the different takes and move those around. I'm just wondering how do I audition those bits without having to add them to the active comp track. If anyone has ideas, I'd love to hear them.

[@MVargabass]

Hi. Is there a way to use this with a song where is no tempo. I have a Improvisation and want to record a parts off them like this, where I know where they sit in the song, but sometimes a part take longer sometimes it’s shorter. Then where I ended doesn’t match up with the others I recorded earlier

[@arthurnobel1866]

how do i enable ? because its not making folder while recording

[@prodnams]

for me there's no triangle to expand the different takes, it just says the number it's on at that moment and i can only see one take at a time, does anyone know how to fix?

[@JoseDomena]

THANK YOU now i dont need to waste time

[@fatmavis]

Are you able to import vocal takes, recorded in another another DAW to use in LPX?

[@MonsieurVersatile]

Yes as long as it's in a normal Wav, MP4 format etc.

[@duppykitoon]

Can you apply volume fades in take folders? I tried to do it but couln't make it work.

[@jaspervantilburgh6393]

Really great video, as always! I'm using the comping feature a lot but in a different way and I'm missing one feature when using it. Let me try to explain. So, I'm writing EDM songs most of the time. To create glitch effects, I do sometimes record out some sounds from different VST's or Synths. Once done, I select them all and do left click 'pack take folder'. Now I can select different parts from the different audio files but, the selections I want to make are never 'snapped to the grid'. So when working with 16th's or 8th's, maybe 32's, its very hard to get it right. I hope someone can help me out with that, maybe I'm overviewing something. Thanks for the great video as always! Cheers, Jazz.

[@marceloramirezg.3965]

Does anyone know how to switch between the comp track tools (scissors and 3 little pyramid boxes) using a shortcut??

[@yan-nickmichaud957]

OMG PLEASEEEEE!!!!

[@yan-nickmichaud957]

Oh WAIT! haha found it!! Opt Q on a Mac (make sure your folder is selected) Cheers!

[@JoseDomena]

We need a video you mixing a song on

[@NominalTopic]

Logic Pro has the best comping mechanic than any DAW.

[@onesyphorus]

are all their thumbnails like that?? lol

[@Johnnylaurelli]

Wowwwww. How have I never known that you can edit in take folders /facepalm

[@ericajohnson7535]

and how the f do you enable this????

[@santoshpss]

I personally do not like Modern Music when it comes to the singing part. The whole point of singing and not just using instruments is that the voice is natural and it takes time to practice for and sing perfect notes but nobody cares about the perfectness, load up auto tune and you are done, which is really disappointing to me...

[@Rhythmattica]

Im with ya... Theres so much more magic to a vocal when its not perfect......

[@jamespatient7438]

Hey man, thanks for the vid. Do you have any idea why sometimes take folders don’t get created, and instead new audio just replaces the old audio (without stacking). Any idea of what I can do whenever this happens? Cheers🙏🤍

[@peterwalsh5068]

How do you comp an acoustic guitar though when it’s a continuous piece of music?

[@stujlunn9226]

Really helpful - many thanks